Then when you Find or Search, Acrobat or Reader searches the index, not the PDF. Using Acrobat Pro, you can create a full-text index of the contents of a single PDF and (new to version 8) embed it into the PDF. The little read-out says, "Searching 342 of 575… 343 of 575… 344… 345… 346…" Two minutes later and you’re still staring at the page progression, hypnotized, waiting for a hit: "517 of 575… 518… 519… 520…"īy choosing one little command in Acrobat Pro version 8, you can put an end to this misery and instantly find things in even in the most massive of PDFs. Acrobat (or Adobe Reader, doesn’t matter) finds the first couple of instances in a reasonable amount of time, but soon it slows to a crawl as it hits a dry patch. Your Google-ized instincts immediately reach for the Find (Command/Control-F) field to enter the word or phrase you’re looking for. Based on an article originally published in the DesignGeek e-zine.ĭoes this sound familiar? You open a huge PDF with no bookmarks and no linked TOC, and you need to quickly find the page containing the topic you’re interested in.
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